At the family home of Yoganadaji in Kolkata, Sarita Ghosh continues to maintain his attic room as a shrine and is a gracious host to devotees who wish to visit and meditate in Master's private sanctuary. We had the great blessing of sitting in his spiritually charged space for some time, bathed in feelings of his divine presence. After our meditation Sarita prepared tea and shared some stories of Yogananda's life.

When we visited the birthplace of Yoganandaji in Gorakhpur we met the landlord of the house, who lives next door. We were invited to see newspaper articles about this devout muslim's service to pay homage to Sri Yogananda by hosting a birthday celebration in his honor every year. This practice continues and he told us that all are invited to participate.

The courtyard in the center of Uncle Sarada's home. Yogananda's room is through the doorway on the far right. This is where the scene with Sri Yukteswar was filmed in the movie "Awake." He was seen walking on the balcony in the upper left.

The gardens cover many acres with paths for quiet meditative walks and benches beneath the trees for contemplation.
Yogananda wanted his centers to be beautiful and personally oversaw planting of gardens and development of the property.

Located in the Himalayan foothills at 1500 m altitude and 25 km from Babaji's cave.
Meditation hall on the left, Radha-Krishna temple on the right. In the rear is the building where medical services are offered. Two eye-camps and two medical camps each year provide free care for thousands.

In 1963 Sri Daya Mata was shown by locals at Pandavkholi, Dunagiri mountains, the cave where Babaji Maharaj was said to have spent time when he was in the area. Today SRF/YSS maintains this place as a sacred pilgrimage spot honoring Babaji.
"Gufa" or "Guha" means cave in Hindi. Maybe the sign is to help Babaji find his way back...

The Shakti Temple of Dunagiri at 8000 ft elevation is located in Almora district, 43 km from Ranikhet and close to Kukuchina. According to the local tradition, the area has been regularly visited by Rishi-Munis (sages) since ancient times. Dunagiri is mentioned in several Hindu Scriptures and has been bestowed the name of Brahm-parvat, Divine Mountain.

A few colorful characters are encountered along the way up to the temple, including begging sadhus offering to exchange some rudraksha seeds for a few rupees, and some with flowers for offerings to Divine Mother in the temple.

Inside of the temple devotees honor Divine Mother, give their offerings of flowers and money to the priest, receive prasad and blessings, then walk several times around the holy shrine, ringing the hanging bells as they proceed. Worship of Divine Mother can be quite a noisy business here.

Outside, in the adjacent courtyard, a priest chants continuously in sanskrit, verses from a small well worn book, a Hindu Scripture. He only breaks his chanting routine when pilgrims sit with him for a blessing ceremony.